Here’s how I locked my keys in the car at work this morning (I have underlined the things that have never happened before).

 

An 18 wheeler was parked in my usual space. So I pulled around and backed into the adjacent space toward the building.

Turned the car off.

Got my lanyard out of the glove compartment and hung it around my neck.

Grabbed the backpack from the passenger floorboard, took the gun out and put the backpack back on the floor. Pulled the lockbox from under my seat, locked the gun inside, and shoved it back under the seat.

Unbuckled the lunchbox and thermos of soup in the passenger seat.

Removed the keys.

Grabbed my phone. Unintentionally squeezed the door lock button (weird).

Grabbed the box of candy (wife’s Christmas gift to my co-workers).

Grabbed the lunchbox.

Dropped the keys onto my lap.

Grabbed the thermos.

Got out of the car.

(Now I am holding a lunchbox, a thermos, a phone, and a box of candy.)

I set the lunchbox, thermos, and candy on the hood so as to slide the phone into my pants pocket, as an invisible force swung the driver’s door shut.